Subject: Re: UPS hookup
To: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br>
From: mark thompson <mark.a.thompson@pobox.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 11/09/1995 07:12:32
At 11:32 PM 11/8/95, Joao Carlos Mendes Luis wrote:
>> I want to hook up my shiny new UPS to my NetBSD machine. The nice guys
>> at APC pointed me to the Linux UPS-HOWTO page. But before I spend even
>> a moment working on porting evil Linux stuff, is there any such thing
>> already for BSD?
>> 
>> -mark
>
>I started making an upsd for netbsd 1.0, but (sigh), when it was
>almost done, my UPS presented a short in its input and went back
>to the vendor.  This has been 2 months ago, and it has not returned
>yet (yeah, we're in Brazil :( ).
>
>So, I cannot ensure it works well at all conditions.  If you like
>to give it a chance, send me a personal mail.
>
Yes. I absolutely would like to try it. I promise to return any changes
to you.

-mark